Word: habited
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There's mostly an unconscious habit of assuming that what boys, young men and men do is simply more important than what girls do. It's a historical artifact, part of the culture. It occurs from kindergarten right through the work situation...
...fact, Ma has made a habit of and enjoys hosting intimate master classes on college campuses when he travels, effusing that the young students not only reinvigorate his commitment to musical innovation with their energy but also educate him on another life perspective...
...become a physical impossibility to do anything unless it is nudging the deadline. And we’re talking really nudging, like nudging that’s verging on a very aggressive shove. It’s called serial procrastination, and it’s a far worse habit than just about any other campus epidemic I can think of right now. Much worse than using “and by X you mean Y” jokes on a regular basis. Possibly more damaging than having a “novelty” ring tone (Justin Timberlake songs don?...
...news—and I would know, having been refreshing the New York Times website every 4 minutes all night while avoiding a troublesome paper under the excuse of garnering “inspiration.” But somehow despite the fear and self-loathing that such a habit breeds, we keep coming back to it every time there’s a looming task. Maybe it’s because once you’ve written a paper in three hours on four bottles of Diet Coke with Lime, it’s difficult to go back to that...
American car owners have a peculiar habit. When we walk out of a mall, blinking and dazed, and realize we've forgotten where we've parked, we scan the parking lot, keys in hand, and ask, "Where am I?" Where am I--because your car, in this country, is you. It expresses your aspirations, your taste, your social class and your virility (or your need to compensate for same). I learned this growing up near Detroit, where people lived for their cars--American cars!--and lived by the GM slogan, "It's not just your car, it's your freedom...